Biography & Autobiography - General

Over a period of seven years, more than fifteen hundred manuscript volumes of ecclesiastical, ministerial, state, probate, town, and society records were reviewed by Mr. Cothren in his research for this work. The first one-half of the book is devoted to the history and...

From humble beginnings as a baby contest winner to her 1931 debut in Women Love Once, Marilyn Knowlden was an "Alice" dropped into a giant, wonderland known as Hollywood. In that topsy-turvy world, she appeared in films with The Marx Brothers, Greta Garbo, Clara...

This is an abbreviated abstract of Genealogy and Biography of the Leading Families of the City of Baltimore and Baltimore County, Maryland, a book originally published by Chapman Publishing Company, New York, in 1897. Data-rich genealogical/biographical sketches are provided for 850 individuals. Sketches typically...

The son of radical Colombian president Santiago Pérez Manosalbas, Pérez Triana was forced into exile after a scandal involving his business ventures, fleeing over the Andes and down three rivers to the Atlantic and a new life in the United States, London, and Madrid....

As Chicago's first African-American mayor, Harold Lee Washington led the city to "a new age when the government truly served all of its citizens, not just a select few." This is the first book to look at the major formative influence of his life:...

Dick has lived a full life. He wanted to record some of his memories for his current and future family to allow them to understand the different lives we all lived back in 1937 to 2017. Growing up in small towns in Connecticut and...

It is hoped that the reader will enjoy comparing his own skills and experiences with those described within. He will be at liberty to pick out any of the many covered topics at will, at one time or another, not having to read from...

From its founding in 1687 by Quaker settlers searching for religious freedom, Cheltenham Township has been a hub for social history and change. On the edge of Philadelphia, the township was a rallying point for fiery abolitionists such as Lucretia Mott, the sight of...

Author: William H. StephensonISBN-10: 1535815590ISBN-13: 9781535815598Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1912Pages: 168Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.89lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.36d

interspersed with anecdotes of the arts, the topographical and antiquarian annals of a county, when carefully investigated and judiciously developed, are calculated to afford much rational amusement and instruction, and also to furnish many useful facts towards elucidating the political, biographical and civil history...

Author: MR (Samuel Jackson) PrattISBN-10: 153581117XISBN-13: 9781535811170Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1809Pages: 152Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.33d

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

Reissued in its revised 1866 second edition, this work by John Stuart Mill (1806-73) discusses the positivist views of the French philosopher and social scientist Auguste Comte (1798-1857). Comte is regarded as the founder of positivism, the doctrine that all knowledge must derive from...

containing biographical, arch ological and critical essays on Shakspere [sic and Stratford-upon-Avon: Barrows, Avebury, Stonehenge: on a Naval Museum and Library: a cenotaph to Chatterton: and a British cenotaph gallery: on the preservation of our ancient national buildings: description of Burton Street and the...

Given in Surrey Chapel, Southwark, on Monday, June 25th, 1866: by G. M. Murphy [Reprinted from the "South London Chronicle."Author: George Mollett MurphyISBN-10: 1535800003ISBN-13: 9781535800006Publisher: Gale and the British LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/08/1812Pages: 22Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.13lbsSize: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.05d

1941. As German soldiers penetrate into USSR, the fate of a Russian-born German baby buried alive in a bombing raid unravels behind a curtain of innocence. As the tide of the fierce conflict shifts, an exodus takes him westward toward Germany, where he becomes...

On July 24, 1701, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac and his band of about 50 soldiers and fur trappers landed on the banks of the Detroit River and built Fort Pontchartrain. The village of Detroit became the fur trading capital of North America, tempting...

This is is not a novel, but a true story. A World War Two story, but one where the boys and girls are heroes and adventurers. This is the story of how Arthur Huggins, aged just 91⁄2, was evacuated from Dagenham, Essex with his...

M Cherif Bassiouni was a towering figure in international law. He was personally connected to some of the most historically relevant moments of the past century: the Suez War; the Camp David Accords; the fall of Muammar el-Qaddafi in Libya and the establishment of...

This work is an autobiographical voyage through my life and includes wisdom and guidance to develop an individual's true inner compass--your thoughts, feelings, behaviors, self-awareness, motivation, and cultural exploration--while building resilience to find your life's purpose. In addition, there will be several case studies...

Although many accounts have been written about Patrick Leigh Fermor, the great travel writer, prose poet, adventurer and Renaissance man, few are more deeply personal and direct than this narrative by Helias Doundoulakis, author of I Was Trained To Be a Spy, Books I...

Author: Apostle Wislet CharlesISBN-10: 1503534766ISBN-13: 9781503534766Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/31/2015Pages: 60Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.14d

Author: Lily LascoñaISBN-10: 1503530078ISBN-13: 9781503530072Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/09/2015Pages: 82Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.20d

Author: Nicole SundermierISBN-10: 1503514250ISBN-13: 9781503514256Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/18/2014Pages: 102Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

Author: Corina ZalaceISBN-10: 1499039301ISBN-13: 9781499039306Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/25/2014Pages: 178Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d

This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.Author: Cyrus Adler,Mortimer L. SchiffISBN-10: 1494106418ISBN-13: 9781494106416Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 422Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.14lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.86d

Just weeks after Jodi Lenaghen Daly miscarried the first of her twins, she began feeling pain in her abdomen. Five months pregnant and terrified, Jodi was rushed to the hospital where she was told that if she gave birth, it was likely her son...

This book is the result of wandering the highways and byways of Indiana and exploring the history and mystery of the state. It is a collection of stories about Hoosiers that may be amusing, surprising, filled with intrigue, educational, and revelations of little-known facts...

"Shadows of My Memories is more than just a memoir, it is a labor of love borne of the strength and faith of an extraordinary woman who exemplifies the American dream." -Kelly Alpert Vest, Director of Community & International Relations, Suffolk Y Jewish Community...

"The stories of 88 African-American Medal of Honor recipients."--Jacket.Author: Edwin C. TingstromISBN-10: 1483626415ISBN-13: 9781483626413Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/02/2013Pages: 314Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.36lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d

Author: Peggy H. LandisISBN-10: 1479783501ISBN-13: 9781479783502Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/31/2013Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d

Author: Wayne L. GustafsonISBN-10: 1477156593ISBN-13: 9781477156599Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/18/2012Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.08d

Psychic sex abuse is enabled by remote viewing and visualization. Called remote influencing, it is practiced by military operatives. Also, an object can be embued with psychic energy, called human psychotronic energy, and be used as a weapon. When it is used for a...

This book reconstructs important milestones in the lives of 2,808 white, native-born men who resided in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1860 or 1870. Selected systematically from the census for those two years, these men represent two cross-sections of those viewed by contemporaries as "typical" Bostonians.Using...

I'm sure after you look at the cover of this book, you will wonder what drug the author is talking about. Robert Kincade dares to explain to the American public that the addictions to sugar and salt are far more serious than one can...

" ... China 1: 1959, The journey -- China 2: 1959-1960, Beida -- China 3: 1965-75, The Cultural Revolution -- China 4: 1967, Japan and Taiwan -- China 5: 1971 -- China 6: 1974 -- China 7: 2002 -- China 8: 2006, Silk Road...

Author: Barbara BeldenISBN-10: 1462895956ISBN-13: 9781462895953Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/19/2011Pages: 150Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d

When Evelyn Walsh was diagnosed with Early Onset Parkinson's Plus, her world came screeching to a halt. She suddenly found everything she valued the most was being taken away--her freedom, her health, and her confidence. As things got worse, she thought the unthinkable: Might...

When her best friend Debbie loses her granddaughter to a sudden illness, author Cindy attempts to travel from Texas to North Carolina for the funeral, experiencing humorous roadblocks along the way. Stranded in Atlanta, she reminisces about their many experiences that have made them...

Soldier, Indian Fighter, Texas Ranger, Mayor of San Antonio, City Marshal, Justice of the Peace, Federal Interpreter, Spanish-speaking scholar - P. L.. Buquor was all of these and more. As a young man out for adventure, he answered the call to "Save Texas" and...

It's about RAOUL, her father's teachings, his Visions, US Military backgrounds in the Air Force, Special Advisor to John F. Kennedy at one time during the first economical summit ever held in Russia between Krutchev and JFK back in 1961. Honorings and recognition of...

A Quarter of a century has well-nigh rolled by since the tragic death of Abraham Lincoln. The prejudice and bitterness with which he was assailed have disappeared from the minds of men, and the world is now beginning to view him as a great...

Author: Polly Sue DennisISBN-10: 1441541268ISBN-13: 9781441541260Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/06/2009Pages: 98Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d

Through careful examination of primary documents, this book reveals that the true purpose of Zebulon Pike's western expedition in 1806-1807 was not innocent exploration of the West but an espionage mission in preparation for an American invasion of New Mexico. In 1806, the United...

This book is dedicated to any leader, from the Church-house, to the White House who has been judged for making mistakes that pushed you to the deep end of sin, resentment, rejection or denial. You are not alone, and you will walk into your...

MY SPIRIT WEARS SHOES is an invitation to discovery. Walk with the author thru the pages of this book as she makes her journey thru moments in time, searching for answers to her being. Follow along as she walks the road of life mapped...

Born two months premature in Sual, Pangasinan, Rosario Wilson became the latest addition to a superstitious family. Smaller and more sickly than others her age, Rosario bravely embarked on a challenging life journey that would one day cause her to realize that no matter...

This is the life story of Robyn Hode. And of little John. But this is no tale of merry men and greenwood trees. It is about the 'Wolf', a bandit, the scourge of Nottingham. All popular ideas about Robin Hood are challenged here. Yes,...

The years have gone by quickly. Much has been accomplished in my life with Evelyn and hopefully much more has yet to be accomplished. But what would our lives have meant if they were so quickly forgotten without passing on the lessons we have...

Memoir of a Military Mustang is a detailed journal of the author's 21 years of service in the United States Air Force. The word 'mustang' is military slang used to describe an enlisted person who eventually receives an officer's commission. The author served seven...